The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space is a 756-seat theater with proscenium stage and fixed seating. The building was erected in the early 1900s as the indoor Crystal Carnival Skating Rink, which had mezzanine seats for spectators. Towards the end of World War I, it was converted into a cinema called the Symphony Theatre, with most of the seats on the main floor. In 1978 the theater's future was changed when a "live" concert, "Wall to Wall Bach," proved a surprise success. New owners took over and transformed it into a performing arts center that now includes the former Thalia Theatre, which occupies adjacent space around the corner on 95th Street.